Yankee Stadium Memories

Steve from Was Watching sent me an e-mail earlier this week asking for Yankee Stadium stories for a project he’s working on. You can see his post on the project here.

I’ve been thinking about it ever since, and I don’t think I can come up with one heart-warming or gut wrenching story about the Stadium. Not because it hasn’t meant much to me, but because I have so many feelings and memories tied up in the old place.

I’m going to cop out and give a bullet-list of the best times I’ve had at the stadium, hopefully some of you readers will succeed where I failed and come through with a coherent Stadium story or two. You can e-mail them to Steve at the address on his post, or leave them in the comments and I’ll forward them to him. Without further adieu, my list.

First game: 1984 against Detroit. Loss, but still remember seeing the field for the first time.

First World Series Game: 1998, game 2. Yanks pounded the Padres, sat in the last row of the upper deck.

Best World Series Game: Oct. 31, 2001. Game 4. Jeter walk-off bomb. Couldn’t talk for 2 days after the game.